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Latta Jurassique Blanc 2020

Posted on 24 July 2021.

Not quite the full Jura style of past re...

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Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 11.8%
Price : $42
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2028
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Domaine Robert-Denogent Les Cras Vieilles Vignes Pouilly-Fuisse 2018

Posted on 24 July 2021.

Jean-Jacques Robert is at the helm of fa...

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Rated : 94+ Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $127
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2021 - 2030+


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Domaine Robert-Denogent Les Pommards Vieilles Vignes Saint-Veran 2017

Posted on 23 July 2021.

Organic farmed, au naturale winemaking, ...

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Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $85
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2021 - 2027


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Latta Presence Shay’s Flat Early Release Grenache 2021

Posted on 22 July 2021.

Shay's Flat organic vineyard is the x-fa...

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Rated : 92 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : $42
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2024
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Posted in grenache et al, organic, preservative free, Pyrenees5 Comments

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Bandicoot Run Syrah 2020

Posted on 22 July 2021.

Organic farmed and raised. There's 10% v...

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Rated : 90 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 12.2%
Price : $52
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2024
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Bandicoot Run Pinot Noir 2020

Posted on 22 July 2021.

Organic farmed in the Baw Baw shire of G...

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Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 11.5%
Price : $45
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2024
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Latta Quality Release Pyrenees Grenache 2020

Posted on 22 July 2021.

The subtitle name 'Quality Release' is s...

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Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13.9%
Price : $42
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2024
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Posted in grenache et al, natural wine, organic, preservative free, Pyrenees0 Comments

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Shaw + Smith Balhannah Vineyard Shiraz 2018

Posted on 22 July 2021.

Smooth by Rob Thomas started playing in ...

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Rated : 95+ Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $93
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2035
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Yabby Lake Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2019

Posted on 22 July 2021.

Been ages since getting Yabby Lake sampl...

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Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : $45
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2028
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Red Claw Chardonnay 2019

Posted on 22 July 2021.

The label tells us the wine was made wit...

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Rated : 89 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $27
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2026
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Yabby Lake Mornington Peninsula Single Vineyard Cuvee Nina Late Disgorged 2010

Posted on 22 July 2021.

I caught this wine an eon ago, so here's...

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Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : $100
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2021 - 2030
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ROBERT DENOGENT VIRE CLESSE 'EN CHATELAINE

Domaine Robert-Denogent Vire-Clesse En Chatelaine 2018

Posted on 21 July 2021.

Younger gen Burgundy natural wine produc...

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Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $85
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2021 - 2025


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Eldridge Estate Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017

Posted on 21 July 2021.

David Lloyd has not been without trials ...

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Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $70
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2029
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Posted in Mornington Peninsula, pinot noir2 Comments

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Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown Pret-a-Rouge 2019

Posted on 21 July 2021.

Combining the powers of Beechworth, Brun...

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Rated : 92 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $30
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2025
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O’Leary Walker Seasonal Release Cabernet Shiraz 2020

Posted on 21 July 2021.

'tis the season. Cab shz from Barossa Va...

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Rated : 92 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $40
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2027
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Posted in Barossa Valley, cabernet et al, shiraz et al3 Comments

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Latta Headwaters Pyrenees Nebbiolo 2020

Posted on 21 July 2021.

A year of low yields and picking at once...

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Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $42
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2030
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Latta Blampied Lagrein G&M May Non Dos 2020

Posted on 21 July 2021.

This will be scarce. From long time orga...

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Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 11.9%
Price : $44
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2030
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Posted in natural wine, organic, other reds, preservative free, Tip Top Tipple, Victoria0 Comments

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Little Reddie Malmsbury Chardonnay 2019

Posted on 20 July 2021.

Malmsbury sounds like a posh biscuit com...

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Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Price : $48
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2021 - 2024
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Eldridge Estate Semillon 2006

Posted on 20 July 2021.

What a thing this is! A winemaker cuttin...

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Rated : 94 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $NA
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2030


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Posted in Mornington Peninsula, semillon et al, Tip Top Tipple1 Comment

Clonakilla Syrah 2019

Clonakilla Murrumbateman Syrah 2019

Posted on 20 July 2021.

Syrah suits the naming of the wines at C...

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Rated : 95 Points
Tasted : JUL21
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $120
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2021 - 2035+
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